50+ Companies That Are Not American Anymore

Published on 10/01/2021
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Lucky Strike

There’s a strong sense that Lucky Strike, commonly known as Luckies, is the most widely used cigarette brand in the United States. People smoked the product during the 1930s and 1940s because the company had a successful marketing strategy. This was one of the factors that contributed to the brand becoming the best-selling cigarette brand at the time. In 1976, the corporation began doing business with a company called British American Tobacco, which was based in the United Kingdom. The American Tobacco Corporation and its subsidiaries, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall, were purchased by the United Kingdom-based company in 1994. Although it has undergone a lot of transformations, it is still regarded as a distinctly American brand. This can be attributed to the fact that it is prevalent in popular culture. The brand was prominently featured in the television show Mad Men!

Lucky Strike

Lucky Strike

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Budweiser

In terms of beers, some people believe that you can’t get much more American than this when it comes to drinking. It may have been confirmed in the past. Still, the truth is that this is no longer an American corporation, although it was started in Missouri and that the word “America” remains to be printed on the container. In 2008, this company was purchased by InBev, a Belgian beer behemoth, for 52 billion dollars. It may have had a solid connection to the United States in the past, but we can’t claim the same for its future. Regardless, we are grateful that the parent business did not make any changes to the original formula. It has precisely the same flavor as it did before!

Budweiser

Budweiser

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